The Winona City Council approved a bid Monday to update the heating and air conditioning system at the Masonic Temple that’s $1 million over the amount budgeted for the project.
The Winona City Council approved a bid Monday to update the heating and air conditioning system at the Masonic Temple that’s $1 million over the amount budgeted for the project.
After tie vote, road diet moves ahead for now (1/20/2021)
An emotional debate fraught with tension on Wednesday culminated in a tie vote by the Winona City Council on whether to continue the Broadway road diet.
Despite impassioned pleas to consider the safety of Winona road users, which collided with arguments that the downtown businesses would suffer if the $3.3 million road diet went forward, the council voted 3-3 on a motion to continue the project, scheduled for construction this summer. Mayor Scott Sherman, together with City Council members Eileen Moeller and Pamela Eyden, voted in favor of the motion, while council members Steve Young, Aaron Repinski and George Borzyskowski voted against. Council member Michelle Alexander was absent from the meeting and likely would have cast the deciding vote.